MAIL CALL

It is important for Americans to know that they still have many friends here in Germany--in particular, among the older generation--who remember the Marshall Plan, CARE parcels and President Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. But this will all change if George W. Bush wins the November election because American voters will then be held responsible for their president's deeds and millions of anti-Bush Germans will become definitely anti-American. "America is ushering in a new responsibility era where each of us understands we're responsible for the decisions we make in life." Yes, President Bush speaks perfectly to the point here.
Hans Sillescu
Mainz, Germany

I commend Fareed Zakaria for telling the truth about Iraq. This American is sickened and enraged by the crimes and abuses that have been perpetrated in the name of fighting terror and defending freedom. The Bush administration has recklessly created a foreign-policy debacle, and the awful consequences of the resulting loss of moral legitimacy, national isolation and increased hatred and distrust of the U.S. abroad will unfold over several generations. How long will these irresponsible people get away with falsely justifying the unjustifiable aggression in Iraq on the basis of 9/11, calling resistance to invasion and military occupation terror and hatred of freedom?
Paul Rust
Yokohama, Japan

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